"It's true. The Force...The Jedi...All of it." - Han Solo

We know Rian Johnson was hard at work on The Last Jedi (and possibly IX at the time) whilst J.J. Abrams was finishing up The Force Awakens, but did you know he asked J.J. Abrams to make a particular change to the films closing moments...

Rian Johnson apparently asked J.J. Abrams to swap BB-8 for R2-D2 in the films final scenes. Initially BB-8 was supposed to accompany Rey and Chewy on the trip to Ahch-To to meet Luke. Rian Johnson was keen that the original (and best) Star Wars droid be there to reconnect with his former master and in a way, it helps preserve George's view of Star Wars.

George Lucas has often said that the story of Star Wars was being recounted by R2-D2-D2, the only character yo have been present at, or aware of the significant events in the Skywalker Saga. So having R2-D2 goto Ahch-To with Ey to meet Luke, makes a lot of sense.

I wonder why J.J. Abrams was pro BB-8 and anti R2-D2 in The Force Awakens? Could it have been to frail nature of Kenny Baer at the time? If J.J. Abrams couldn't get Kenny inside R2-D2 would he rather have had the character side lined I wonder?

How would you have felt if R2-D2 had been replaced whole sale by BB-8 in the new trilogy of films? Leave you thoughts in the comments below...